Bit ambitious playing the 3 Arena?
Really enjoyed them in the Olympia a few years back. Glad to see them back
VOLBEAT
Plus special guests:
SKINDRED
NAPALM DEATH
12 DECEMBER 2022
3ARENA, DUBLIN
Tickets on sale this Friday 1 July at 10.00am
Volbeat not my cup of tea whatsoever but the idea of seeing Napalm Death in the 3arena is pretty cool to me.
I was considering seeing Volbeat in the Ulster Hall recently. Their latest album is more metally; not into the psychobilly stuff so much.
Napalm Death have flown under my radar a bit, but what I've heard so far is great.
I guess the December date gives me some time to get into both bands and make a decision.
By the end of the year Napalm Death, Obituary and Amon Amarth will all have played the 3 arena at some stage!!! Which is mad when you think about it.
Anybody know what time Napalm are on at?
How was this does anyone know?
I signed up just to give my take on this.
1. First of all, whoever thought it was a good idea (band or organiser FUCK YOU) to erect a giant barrier just so you can have your "golden circle" or "snake pit" you can go jump off a fucking mountain. The barrier was right in the middle of the standing area and took away from any type of atmosphere. God help you if you were under 5 foot 9 and spent 50 euro to peer over a giant black barrier. I expect these things to be a marquee event for bands like Metallica or slayer - not in the 3 Arena for fucking Volbeat. You could see Barney from napalm probably thought this was the biggest load of bullshit ever.
2. The sound was fucking atrocious for Napalm Death. Again because the barrier was so far away from the stage it limited the sound of the band. Nobody was in that shitty pit for Napalm so they'd barely any crowd to feed off of.
3 Skindred really put on a great show.
4. Never really been a big fan of volbeat but they were ok. Left halfway through as I got bored.
All in all the shittiest gig I've been to in a while all because the promoter or band wanted to squeeze a few more pennies out of their audience.
No interest in the gig as I think Volbeat are just awful, curious as to how it would've done as the lineup was quirky but from the clips I seen it looked grim alright. The barrier did look bizarre, crowd seemed sparse and Volbeat themselves looked like they couldn't be arsed.
lol
Sparse enough crowd alright.
The barrier was daft in a venue that size / shape.
Poor Napalm Death, sound was really shit. I thought they could have boxed clever with the setlist considering the audience, drop in a bit of Greed Killing / Breed to Breathe but they went balls to the wall and coupled with the shit sound I doubt they converted any new fans, likewise I'm sure they don't really give a fuck.
Skindred, superb - been looking to catch them for a long time. Tight band, catchy songs, great interaction with the crowd - they really put on a show.
Volbeat are a band I just don't get. Listened to 5 songs and split, they all sounded a bit samey.
Just before they came on they had crew members out on the floor giving out wristbands for the VIP 'pit' section - must have been awesome for all those that bought the premium price tickets.
I would say as well that Skindred got what was clearly a pissed off/apathetic crowd in a better mood after a few songs.
Quote from: Bogmetaller on December 13, 2022, 02:55:55 PMHow was this does anyone know?
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 13, 2022, 07:35:21 PMI signed up just to give my take on this.
1. First of all, whoever thought it was a good idea (band or organiser FUCK YOU) to erect a giant barrier just so you can have your "golden circle" or "snake pit" you can go jump off a fucking mountain. The barrier was right in the middle of the standing area and took away from any type of atmosphere. God help you if you were under 5 foot 9 and spent 50 euro to peer over a giant black barrier. I expect these things to be a marquee event for bands like Metallica or slayer - not in the 3 Arena for fucking Volbeat. You could see Barney from napalm probably thought this was the biggest load of bullshit ever.
2. The sound was fucking atrocious for Napalm Death. Again because the barrier was so far away from the stage it limited the sound of the band. Nobody was in that shitty pit for Napalm so they'd barely any crowd to feed off of.
3 Skindred really put on a great show.
4. Never really been a big fan of volbeat but they were ok. Left halfway through as I got bored.
All in all the shittiest gig I've been to in a while all because the promoter or band wanted to squeeze a few more pennies out of their audience.
Lad, that barrier was there to fill space I'd say considering how abysmal the turnout for the show was. It is the worst attended gig I've ever been at in 3. The stage was brought forward incredibly so too. Kinda felt bad for the bands really. Was it a case if being too close to Xmas for people willing to go, or just not enough people in to Volbeat?
Wouldn't have thought Volbeat could fill the Olympia never mind the Point.
Saw them many moons ago at Graspop 07 and thought they were grand but didn't really see why they were mainstage material that day and still don't now!
It's a shame attendance was so shit cause it was a cool tour to be brought to Dublin and at a fair price, had no interest in seeing Volbeat themselves though.
Quote from: Necro Red on December 17, 2022, 05:48:30 PMQuote from: Bogmetaller on December 13, 2022, 02:55:55 PMHow was this does anyone know?
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 13, 2022, 07:35:21 PMI signed up just to give my take on this.
1. First of all, whoever thought it was a good idea (band or organiser FUCK YOU) to erect a giant barrier just so you can have your "golden circle" or "snake pit" you can go jump off a fucking mountain. The barrier was right in the middle of the standing area and took away from any type of atmosphere. God help you if you were under 5 foot 9 and spent 50 euro to peer over a giant black barrier. I expect these things to be a marquee event for bands like Metallica or slayer - not in the 3 Arena for fucking Volbeat. You could see Barney from napalm probably thought this was the biggest load of bullshit ever.
2. The sound was fucking atrocious for Napalm Death. Again because the barrier was so far away from the stage it limited the sound of the band. Nobody was in that shitty pit for Napalm so they'd barely any crowd to feed off of.
3 Skindred really put on a great show.
4. Never really been a big fan of volbeat but they were ok. Left halfway through as I got bored.
All in all the shittiest gig I've been to in a while all because the promoter or band wanted to squeeze a few more pennies out of their audience.
Lad, that barrier was there to fill space I'd say considering how abysmal the turnout for the show was. It is the worst attended gig I've ever been at in 3. The stage was brought forward incredibly so too. Kinda felt bad for the bands really. Was it a case if being too close to Xmas for people willing to go, or just not enough people in to Volbeat?
Nah lad it was definitely to sell "premium" level tickets. Pure money grab and I think they overestimated the popularity of the headliner.
Volbeat are nobodies with a nostalgia support and a band that are here regularly. I heard 1700 people which is amazingly bad.
1700 in the 3Arena!! ???
1700, surely not?
One security guard that was down there told me 1200 but I'll go with the first number I heard cause 1200 just seems unbelievable.
Was up at this as we were providing backline for Napalm. Was talking to Volbeats tour manager who said to me we played to 26,000 two nights ago but can only sell 1,800 tickets for this. He says the U.K. and Ireland aren't good for them. Be interesting to know who those U.K. shows went.
I didn't think the sound for Napalm was as bad as been made out. But it was odd as fuck seeing them there. The pit thing was stupid.
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 18, 2022, 09:46:45 AMQuote from: Necro Red on December 17, 2022, 05:48:30 PMQuote from: Bogmetaller on December 13, 2022, 02:55:55 PMHow was this does anyone know?
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 13, 2022, 07:35:21 PMI signed up just to give my take on this.
1. First of all, whoever thought it was a good idea (band or organiser FUCK YOU) to erect a giant barrier just so you can have your "golden circle" or "snake pit" you can go jump off a fucking mountain. The barrier was right in the middle of the standing area and took away from any type of atmosphere. God help you if you were under 5 foot 9 and spent 50 euro to peer over a giant black barrier. I expect these things to be a marquee event for bands like Metallica or slayer - not in the 3 Arena for fucking Volbeat. You could see Barney from napalm probably thought this was the biggest load of bullshit ever.
2. The sound was fucking atrocious for Napalm Death. Again because the barrier was so far away from the stage it limited the sound of the band. Nobody was in that shitty pit for Napalm so they'd barely any crowd to feed off of.
3 Skindred really put on a great show.
4. Never really been a big fan of volbeat but they were ok. Left halfway through as I got bored.
All in all the shittiest gig I've been to in a while all because the promoter or band wanted to squeeze a few more pennies out of their audience.
Lad, that barrier was there to fill space I'd say considering how abysmal the turnout for the show was. It is the worst attended gig I've ever been at in 3. The stage was brought forward incredibly so too. Kinda felt bad for the bands really. Was it a case if being too close to Xmas for people willing to go, or just not enough people in to Volbeat?
Nah lad it was definitely to sell "premium" level tickets. Pure money grab and I think they overestimated the popularity of the headliner.
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 18, 2022, 09:46:45 AMQuote from: Necro Red on December 17, 2022, 05:48:30 PMQuote from: Bogmetaller on December 13, 2022, 02:55:55 PMHow was this does anyone know?
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 13, 2022, 07:35:21 PMI signed up just to give my take on this.
1. First of all, whoever thought it was a good idea (band or organiser FUCK YOU) to erect a giant barrier just so you can have your "golden circle" or "snake pit" you can go jump off a fucking mountain. The barrier was right in the middle of the standing area and took away from any type of atmosphere. God help you if you were under 5 foot 9 and spent 50 euro to peer over a giant black barrier. I expect these things to be a marquee event for bands like Metallica or slayer - not in the 3 Arena for fucking Volbeat. You could see Barney from napalm probably thought this was the biggest load of bullshit ever.
2. The sound was fucking atrocious for Napalm Death. Again because the barrier was so far away from the stage it limited the sound of the band. Nobody was in that shitty pit for Napalm so they'd barely any crowd to feed off of.
3 Skindred really put on a great show.
4. Never really been a big fan of volbeat but they were ok. Left halfway through as I got bored.
All in all the shittiest gig I've been to in a while all because the promoter or band wanted to squeeze a few more pennies out of their audience.
Lad, that barrier was there to fill space I'd say considering how abysmal the turnout for the show was. It is the worst attended gig I've ever been at in 3. The stage was brought forward incredibly so too. Kinda felt bad for the bands really. Was it a case if being too close to Xmas for people willing to go, or just not enough people in to Volbeat?
Nah lad it was definitely to sell "premium" level tickets. Pure money grab and I think they overestimated the popularity of the headliner.
have Volbeat played here before? Surly they could gage a reasonable attendance from past performances. That premium circle thing is a joke, same goes for golden circle and the fact physical tickets are no more
Quote from: Panopticon on December 19, 2022, 10:19:10 AMWas up at this as we were providing backline for Napalm. Was talking to Volbeats tour manager who said to me we played to 26,000 two nights ago but can only sell 1,800 tickets for this. He says the U.K. and Ireland aren't good for them. Be interesting to know who those U.K. shows went.
They surely should have known this before booking.
Album sales, regional streams, etc. would have been good indicators.
Bar this gig, I don't think I've ever seen any promotion from them here.
Except for maybe Overdrive.ie but they pretty much jump onboard for every 'big' heavy show happening in Dublin.
My sister is a big fan of Volbeat and I remember a Whatsapp message a couple of years back saying that Barney Greenway had turned up to do backing vocals on a track at a gig Volbeat did in the Olympia. The 3 Arena seems several bridges too far for them in Ireland
Went to this only for Napalm and it was shite the complete opposite of what I was expecting.
The stupid pit thing most certainly did suck all of the atmosphere out of the venue and it felt like you were outside the venue watching Napalm perform on a screen. I had a look at the Volbeat facebook page a few days ago and they have used this same pit thing for all of the shows so I don't think it had anything to do with filling the place up.
Setlist was shite as well 95% newer material but I do understand this as I would guess the whole point of this tour was to try and recruit new fans. By the looks of the crowd I doubt many would be into Scum or Enslavement.
For the night that was in it with the frost, at €55 a ticket on top of transport and drink to see Napalm playing what just over 30mins in this type of situation it just wasn't worth it.
Quote from: Paul keohane on December 18, 2022, 01:52:27 PM1700 in the 3Arena!! ???
They'll have even less next time. Speaking for myself I wouldn't be in a rush to see them again after that bullshit.
So 1699 next time?
Checked them out earlier off the back of this thread.
Fairly generic stuff, to be fair. Not the type of thing that will draw huge nembers here, at all.
Whatever about Skindred... How Napalm Death were brought onboard as openers for this tour is actually kinda mind-boggling.
Quote from: jobrok1 on December 20, 2022, 12:57:40 PMWhatever about Skindred... How Napalm Death were brought onboard as openers for this tour is actually kinda mind-boggling.
Barney seems to have done guest vocals on a few of the Volbeat releases so the bands must be mates.
Quote from: Necro Red on December 19, 2022, 10:23:55 AMQuote from: Iliketortles on December 18, 2022, 09:46:45 AMQuote from: Necro Red on December 17, 2022, 05:48:30 PMQuote from: Bogmetaller on December 13, 2022, 02:55:55 PMHow was this does anyone know?
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 13, 2022, 07:35:21 PMI signed up just to give my take on this.
1. First of all, whoever thought it was a good idea (band or organiser FUCK YOU) to erect a giant barrier just so you can have your "golden circle" or "snake pit" you can go jump off a fucking mountain. The barrier was right in the middle of the standing area and took away from any type of atmosphere. God help you if you were under 5 foot 9 and spent 50 euro to peer over a giant black barrier. I expect these things to be a marquee event for bands like Metallica or slayer - not in the 3 Arena for fucking Volbeat. You could see Barney from napalm probably thought this was the biggest load of bullshit ever.
2. The sound was fucking atrocious for Napalm Death. Again because the barrier was so far away from the stage it limited the sound of the band. Nobody was in that shitty pit for Napalm so they'd barely any crowd to feed off of.
3 Skindred really put on a great show.
4. Never really been a big fan of volbeat but they were ok. Left halfway through as I got bored.
All in all the shittiest gig I've been to in a while all because the promoter or band wanted to squeeze a few more pennies out of their audience.
Lad, that barrier was there to fill space I'd say considering how abysmal the turnout for the show was. It is the worst attended gig I've ever been at in 3. The stage was brought forward incredibly so too. Kinda felt bad for the bands really. Was it a case if being too close to Xmas for people willing to go, or just not enough people in to Volbeat?
Nah lad it was definitely to sell "premium" level tickets. Pure money grab and I think they overestimated the popularity of the headliner.
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 18, 2022, 09:46:45 AMQuote from: Necro Red on December 17, 2022, 05:48:30 PMQuote from: Bogmetaller on December 13, 2022, 02:55:55 PMHow was this does anyone know?
Quote from: Iliketortles on December 13, 2022, 07:35:21 PMI signed up just to give my take on this.
1. First of all, whoever thought it was a good idea (band or organiser FUCK YOU) to erect a giant barrier just so you can have your "golden circle" or "snake pit" you can go jump off a fucking mountain. The barrier was right in the middle of the standing area and took away from any type of atmosphere. God help you if you were under 5 foot 9 and spent 50 euro to peer over a giant black barrier. I expect these things to be a marquee event for bands like Metallica or slayer - not in the 3 Arena for fucking Volbeat. You could see Barney from napalm probably thought this was the biggest load of bullshit ever.
2. The sound was fucking atrocious for Napalm Death. Again because the barrier was so far away from the stage it limited the sound of the band. Nobody was in that shitty pit for Napalm so they'd barely any crowd to feed off of.
3 Skindred really put on a great show.
4. Never really been a big fan of volbeat but they were ok. Left halfway through as I got bored.
All in all the shittiest gig I've been to in a while all because the promoter or band wanted to squeeze a few more pennies out of their audience.
Lad, that barrier was there to fill space I'd say considering how abysmal the turnout for the show was. It is the worst attended gig I've ever been at in 3. The stage was brought forward incredibly so too. Kinda felt bad for the bands really. Was it a case if being too close to Xmas for people willing to go, or just not enough people in to Volbeat?
Nah lad it was definitely to sell "premium" level tickets. Pure money grab and I think they overestimated the popularity of the headliner.
have Volbeat played here before? Surly they could gage a reasonable attendance from past performances. That premium circle thing is a joke, same goes for golden circle and the fact physical tickets are no more
Some amount of text to be quoting.
My bad :laugh:
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 20, 2022, 07:54:13 AMSo 1699 next time?
Pretty sure there was a lad in a wheelchair so 1699 and a half.
:laugh: